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Systematic list - part 13: Starlings, Sparrows, Finches and Buntings
All dates refer to May 2013
Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor (250+)
Common in all areas; counts included 30 Utxesa 16th and 60 Ebro Delta 20th.
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Spotless Starling, Bujalaroz, 17th May
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Spotless Starlings, Ebro Delta, 20th May |
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus (350+)
Common in all areas except the Pyrenees (where 4 northwest of Jaca and 1 between San Juan de la Peña and Hecho Valley); largest numbers in Ebro Delta where c. 110 21st.
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus (11)
2 Utxesa 16th, 1 between Jaca and Ebro Delta and 4 Ebro Delta 20th, 4 Ebro Delta 21st.
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Tree Sparrows, Ebro Delta, 20th May
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Tree Sparrows, Riet Vell, Ebro Delta, 21st May |
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Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia (9)
2 Utxesa 16th, 2 Sástago 17th, 2 Riglos/Agüero area and 1 northwest of Jaca 18th, 2 Alastuey 19th.
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Rock Sparrow, Alastuey, 19th May |
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Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs (22)
1 Riglos/Agüero area and up to 7 at numerous sites in the Pyrenees.
Chaffinch, Hecho Valley, 19th May |
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Serin Serinus serinus (34)
Up to 5 seen at numerous sites in all areas.
Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella (6)
6 Gabardito 19th - a welcome sight in the car park, a lifer for some of us.
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Citril Finches, Gabardito, 19th May |
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Greenfinch Chloris chloris (8)
3 Osera de Ebro 18th, 1 near San Juan de la Peña 19th, up to 3 Ebro Delta 20th-21st.
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (13)
Small numbers in all areas, though not high up in the Pyrenees.
Siskin Carduelis spinus (1)
1 heard along the road up to San Juan de la Peña 19th.
Linnet Carduelis cannabina (8)
1 Sástago 17th, 1 Riglos/Agüero area and 3 northwest of Jaca 18th, 2 near Gabardito and 1 Alastuey 19th.
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra (5-6)
5 San Juan de la Peña 18th and 1 there next day.
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Crossbills, San Juan de la Peña, 18th May |
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Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula (2)
2 San Juan de la Peña 19th.
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella (12)
12 Hecho Valley 18th.
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Yellowhammer, Hecho Valley, 18th May |
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Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus (19)
2 north of Sástago 17th, 10 Hecho Valley and 2 northwest of Jaca 18th, 2 Hecho Valley and 2+ Alastuey 19th, 1 between Jaca and Ebro Detla 20th.
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia (2)
1 northwest of Jaca 18th and 1 Hecho Valley 19th.
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra (46)
Small numbers at several sites in the steppes, at the foot of the Pyrenees and between these two regions. Highest count 21 northwest of Jaca 18th.
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Corn Buntings, northwest of Jaca, 18th May |
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